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rendered to Cayenne, and the great advan, tu , s the would derive from its culti4re it is also 4 3,d, that.this kippet)ed so late as the years 1715 or 1716, when Mons. de le Motte Aigron was corn :oatlde; MAILS. zivt• o—z Gottenburgh, t Heligoland, t Dublin IVa- T.tz'Ql - 4. z--; Malta, Gottenburgh, z Wite;fold. THE SUN. . . so;..am quill DlCtgi ri.f..spm AUDIPIT ? L 0 ND SATII.IIIDAX, AUGUST 12, 1$0f). We are hippy to state, that the Duke of BituNs !..r...' Ow, with abbut:'; 21=09 of his brave troops, made good theiryet reat to the bAnks of he We ser, from whence they were taken off by the Squadron thp.. command of Lord .GEORGE STEWART, 1:‘ Probably .be landed at Walcheren, .as to our Grand Armament. LIST OF OFFICERS KILLED AND WOUNDED IN THE SORTIE FROM FLUSHING ON MONDAY .AST. KILLED. Otlin, 68th •• • 4 • kVO,UNDED. ,6th Regiment, Lieutenant - Maxwell, dangerously. 3tll, Major Thomson, ditto,--;.Li,eutenant Mends, slightly.— Ensign A. • .. Thotiion, ditto. , Lieutenant Fletcher, ditto; eat, , Lieutenant Montgomery, ditto: : • , Lieuteffant. Clark,, dangerously..—Lieutenant Humbly, slightly.---Ensign Addison, ditto. • tatf.-,Staff Lieut., A. Taylor, ditto. loyal Artillery.—Lieut. Grant; ditto. Sth Regiment.-13: Major Bird, missing.—Capt. HaMilton, dangerously.— Lieut.. Col. 'Bird, slightly.—Ensign Gil brach, ditto.-•:-Ensign Watson, ditto: • Legion.--,Ensign du Fay; ditto. - - - - -tnsign Hedsmon, ditto. . . . . The number of .privates killed amounts to and • • the wounded to .126. . The Auckland Packet, Capt. BRIDGE, arrived on Thursday last at Harwich, from Heligoland, with a Mai and several Passergers, who report that Cuxhaten has been abandoned by our forces and that a body of FrenCh troops had marched to take possession of that-place. -The day after, the. Lord Duncan Packet, Captain HANittzroN, also fri2rn Heligoland, arrived at. Harwich. Captain HANruroN immediately set off for London with an English. Gentleman, 'Who is said to be the beater, of important Dispatches. We are happy to lind that the malevolent insinu znion.in a , Morning Papr of this day, respeEtin - A. WCLLESLEY, the author orwhich'ii well knovim, will meet the only answer he desems in a Gazette of, this evening. Gottenburgh Mails arrivectlast might. An' article from Ystadt, dated July 26th, state's, that an En,lish squadron has made an attack npon Archan-, cd, and succeeded in destroying all the magazines. and ; stores there. Our cruizers in the Baltic have . 13. en very successful. Tile advanced ships of our squadron{ after they sailed from Carlscrona, took nb7 ,, r one hundred -vessels, hider with provisions atid'uaval and niilit4ty'stores, Our Readers will find in a subsequent Column an article publi•lted at Amsterdam, by authority, upon the subjea of the Conscription. This article, from the style in which it is written, appears to be worthy at notice. The expeetation of an invasion by a Bri tish Army, appears to have produced a very strong paa upon the Dutch Government, and to haveex cied the most serious.aldrins. The House of Orange is spoken of in very respe&ful language, and the Feople Hollamtare entreated, as the old Govern ment c,innot be retored, to defend their present Stivere.ign, - - The Success which has already attended our for midable Expedition is matter of cordial congratula tion to this country.. The possession of the Island of Walcheren alone will enable us to thwart the projects of BUt;NAPARTE, and to make his Northern Allies feel the ruinous etTe&s .01 hostility against us, in a cLgree fax beyond what may have been suspeCied. Ev excluding 'us from communintion' with the Nc.)rthern States, BUCNAPART3 — h . as props:lied to himself the accomplishment of several most im- prtant objeas : not merely The diminution of, our c.arimeycial gains, hut-the depriving us of our accus wined supplies of Naval St6res, the procuring for himself. the means of buildin:; Fleets, by possessing . the monopoly of . the Ship-timber, the Hemp, and 4ther produce of the North; and of forming Sailors, means of the coasting trade, which, it is well known he has very extensively carried on in ex changing the Produce and Manu;a6tures of the South, for the most important and valtia6le articles with which he was snpplied tram the North. For tflese•objeas, the command of - the Mouth of the Scheldt was of incalculable importance. It far tishc.-s a most commodious Asylum for his Coasting both outward and homeward-hound, It ‘0:3,,a Nest of Pdvateers.for, the annoyance of onr c:lmcnezce3 and it afforded, pot only most come nient ciiiimels of communication between all the Countries connected with the Scheldt and., the rest •.. of the world, but also most advantageous depots for the reception of the articles of ship-building, im ported from the North, and all the requisite facili ties for the building and preserving of ships of war. Stich were'the benefits which the enemy derived ; from the command of the Enttance of the Scheldt; and such are the benefits which the vigilance, enter prize, and vigour of his Majesty's Government, seconded by the zeal, courage, and aaivity of our Soldiers and Sailors, have already wrested from him. With Flushing in our hands, , not a sail - can pass be tween France and Holland, or the North of Europe. France must be content to forego all the materials for those Fleets, with vOlticli she was to dispute the Sovereigrity of the SeaS ; amid her', miserable Dupes ofthe.North, deprived.of all outlets for their own produdions, and of all means of obtaining the nu merous, comforts which their ungenial climate de-. vies to them; will curse the hour which first stab= je&ed them to French . influence. These objects our Expedition has already effeaed. The ulterior ob jeas will bdfound to be of correspondent magni: tude and importance;-May they be achieved with • equal succegil Yesterday morning his MAJESTY, Princesses A'uut:s-r4A alla SOPHIA, accomyanied by Lady G. MURRAY, Generals CARTWRIGHT and FITZROY, Hon. Colonel GREVILLE, and Colonel TAYLOR, rode in •the Windsor Park, and returned at twelve o'clock to the Palace. The Army Agents have received a circular letter ftom Government, stating, that one tourth of - the present allowance fOr the paying, &-.c. of the Regi ments in their respective agency, will in future be deducted. This day his Royal Highness the Prince of WALES completes the 47th year of his age, which will be celebrated with the usual demonstrations of joy. As BUONAI'ARTC generally circulates reports of his intentions, in order to prepare mankind for the events on which he has resolved, however wild and extravagant they may appear to \ the imagination, it is not improbable that lie has done so with respe& to the rumour that Holland is to be annexed as a province to France, and that brother Louis is to, be transferred to the Throne of AUSTRIA:- As this re port will of course reach the ears of the Emperor FRXNCIS, it may perhaps rouse him into one more resolute struggle, and may stimulate his subjeas io be more zealous in defending their country against a low-born Usurper. Sir WiLLIASI CURTIS has returned in excellent tealth,from : his naval ,excursion, and whatever the ATags may say, the worthy Alderman will increase ie — respect of the . Public Ihr - the : interest which he has taken in an Expedition of so much importance it his Cotintry. He biought home, it seems, many private letters, to relieve the anxiety of the families whose relatives are employed on the service. • • Some of the innkeepers in and abOut Coventry haVe adopted the pratiisceirecOmmended by a mem ber of the• Bath Agricultural Society; of boiling tne corn given. to horses; • and giving them the water also: It is most satisfaEtorily ascertained, that three bushels of oats, barley, &c. so prepared, 'will keep the horses in better condition for working, than • double the gnantity in a crude state. There was little probability in the report that Mr. W. PARKE was to give up his place at Covent-Gar den Theatre to CATALANI'S Brother, as he is one 'of the very best PerfOrmers on this instrument . in Eu rope, and au excellent Musician besides. Mrs. MouNTAIN is so much recovered from her indisposition that she was able to resume her part last night in The Russian Impostor, at the LYCEUM, and excited the admiration of a large audience. REYNOLDS, it seems is writing an, Opera, in Which :A: is to provide a charai:ter ior CATALANI.— We do not hear whether he is in the same piece to revive the part of Carlo, which he might aptly do in a musical piece, if he boasted the skill of CH u itCHILL, who says, " ParrOts the„ yes speak properly by rote , " And in twelve months my Dog shall howl6y note." THE MAtntrmus.—Our force has, we under stand, commenced the blockade of the Mauritius, and there appears good reason to calculate upon its redualon. The value of the Mauritius to this country, both in i commercial "and a political point of view, cannot be unknown to any roan who has 'taken the... Last trouble to inquire upon the subject.-- This island notoriously aftbrded to the enemy an op portunity of comtnitting perpetual depredations up on our trade, insomuch indeed, that the loss to Bri tish subjects, by insurances alone, has been for se veral years back calculated to amount to 601;ckg of rupees per year. Such a calculation was -in faa made some months since by a proprietor of one ,Of the principal insurance offices, and a representation founded upon it was laid beton?. Ministers. But the loss to our general trade it is impossible to calculate; for in consequence of the peculiarity of our com merce In the India seas, and the nature of the mon soons, it is utterly irnpratlicable to furnish such con voys as can et1:0 - tuAlly guard against the danger to be apprehended to our shipping while the Mauritius re mains in the possession of, France. Indeed, we are . assured that it would be absurd to suppose that any possible superiority .of the British navy could'wholly prevent' the clandestine intercourse of the enemy . with Asia, while be holds a footing in this impor tant stalion, This presents a consideration of &eat political consequence to this country; for, under the facil4ies- of the:Arabian flag, the enemy, is enabled, through. the medium of the Mauritius, to maintain an intimate connection with 'several parts of India. He has, in fact, at this moment, a depot in the Gulph of Persia, where th Imaun of Muscat, who has .a Very strong positicn at the entrance of that guiph, is'entirely devoted to him, But in vain this devotion, or that 'even.of a second Tippon,or any restlesi erince—v - ain, inl2.e4, the : oatmost etions to be apprehended froM the. French navy, though it were five.times more powerful than it is now, as to Indian operations, if the Mauritius be for ever sepa rated from the french Empire, - . . DUTCH PAIPLIiLIi„ AMSTERDAM, JULY 29.—Our aurt Gazette con tains further observations on the PLlblic Reports to the following effeet " The principal' subjeas which occupy the pub lic mind, are : 1. The employment' of the - Orphans. s, The arming of the Burghers. "3. The threat of an invasion frotifEngland. - " The number of men now warning 'to com plete the army •is 6000, and yet it is wished to extlilde the orphans from the military service. If, hoWever, they are not to be destined for that service, re course must be had either to a foreign army, to the Conscripts, or to a voluntary recruiting. In the present state of the world no reliance can be 'placed on a foreign army; and the King has already . openly declared against the Conscription, In the fact of the,Nation, and of all Europe. But if a foreign army must be resorted to, such a measure, can be considered as nothing less than' renouncing out: free dom and political existence, and surrendering our rank among Independent Statei. " With respe& to' arming the Burghers, it would indeed be shameful if as nations such a Mu, a people who would be independent and worthy of their ances tors, should be incapable of presenting any resist ance to a hostile descent or invaston. It is the duty of. the King to adopt the most vigorous measures of defence. But there are persons who would place the King in the situation of a man required to walk with his legs bound. They are so unreaionable as to desire things totally incompatible with each other. They would have the independence of the country , a political existence, and at the same time no - land forces. They would have the most rigid economy in the public expenditure, and at the,same time a formidable navy. They would have no conscrip tion, no foreign army, and yet suggest no other means of defence. • Should a landing take place in, Holland, such a misfortune would cost the' Nation dear. The senseless, who wish that misfortune, know not what' they wish, and perhaps will not rind their account in it.: We do not allude merely to the partizans of the Old House of Orange. We can easily con; ceive that a House which has performed such important services for Holland, may have friends. For our part we are sincerely , devo:ed to the Mo narchy of Holland, because we are persuaded that whatever turn European relations may take, the old state of affairs never can return, since, if. such an event happened, it would be the greatest misfor tune fur the countlry to resume that defeaive form of/Government—a ferm which was maintained during two centuries, only by .the zeal of the great European Powers, who successively interested' themselves in supporting it, chiefly on account of the good, moral, and persevering chiraaer of the body of the „people, of that middle class of society, who, without being the richest, constitute the true wealth and strength of the State. .ToUsit is evident that our duty, our oath, and the welfare of the nation, as well as the wish. of the great majority of the people, bind us to our present Government, and that since the death of the last Stadholder, no at tachmeut, no duty, no oath ought any longer to bind us to the House of Orange. The nephew of the Stadtholder may still find some partizans, some friends of his name : but after all that has happened within these firteen'years, he must have delivered himself into the hands of intriguers and ambitious men, if he allow himself to be brought forward as a. pretext for disturbing the order and tranquility whidl we enjoy under our present Government. "Let us then all untie our efforts to spew our King that true Dutchmen wish to ptote& him who labours fur them. Let it not be forgotten, that if the Prince ,have duties to fulfil, the people have also obligations towards him, even thOugh his go-, vernment should not possess all - the confidence of the nation. May we thus ever merit the care and the love of a King who gives us unceasing proofs' that he is less our Sovereign than our First Magistrate, and the MAN OF THE NATION !" GOTTENBURGH MAILS. YSTADT, JULY 25.—We have this moment learnt that a British squadron has made an attack upon Archangel, and succeeded in destroying the maga zines and storehouse. MARSTRAND, JULY 25.—We have received ac counts by the telegraphs along the coast, that, within' these tast two days alone, 180 discharges of cannon have been heard from the Jutland side, and it is feared that some of the late convoy are becalmed on that coast, and have fallen into the hands of the enemy. ExtraEt of a letter from one of his Alajesty r illiiiii,' dated the 2 t h at sea :—You will have beard °Cour being off Carlscrona with nine sail of the iipe.,J)ur squadron has been 'tolerably soccesiftil. The. ad vanced - ships have taken, during the last ten days, upwards of one hundred vessels, laden -with provi sions and military atores . . STOCKHOLM, JULY 3 kind of intelligence has either been reeeived from our navy or army ; the enemy has therefore not made any further progress in his intended invasion of this country, nor at tempt e4 any important opertioo for that purpose. NAVAL NEWS. HAIIWICII, AUGUST 11.—Arrived this morning, the Lord - Duncan packet, from Heligoland ; Captain ILimwron immediately set off in a post chaise and four, ror London, Avith Dispatches, said to be ofcon sequence.—No arrivalitece.from the. Expedition. DEAL, AUG. 11.--The 1 7 60, of 64 guns, arrived 'here from Walcheren last evening, and haj o brought in 650 French and Dutch soldiers, part of those: aken on the Island. When the Yoik left the Island the batteries had opened .their fire on riiishing from three different points, and no doubt was entertained but the obstinacy of General MONcrt would be shortly overcome by the still more obstinate temper of the British balls.. - YARMOUTH, AUG. ,r Arrived the Constant 'gun-brig from the Baltic;the lionzulus, Swi and two other I'ransports from off Flushing, which they left on WednesdaY: .PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 11, Arrived the Lord Collingzvood, SALMON, Exchange, Shari;, Betsey, EMSLEY, Vine, CAN, from the Downs, for Oporto ; Providence, from London; Fame, ALLEN, lijana, ROBINSON, Reward, -, Ann, terprise, ---, Benjamin Shaw, BRODERICK, from Lisbon Queen. Charlotte, ANDREWS, from the Downs, for the Cape of Good Hope. Arrived also his Majesty's ship Argus, with a con. s'oy of about fourteen sail of ships, froni the Medi terranean valso his Majesty's ship 'Espiegle, with three sail of shipS, from Cork, together also with his Majesty's ship Dexterous, with a convoy of about forty sail, outward-bound, fr om th e Downs. Sailed hi :Majesty's ships Lively, Nereus, and .Dici6l;ll.)Filie Downs. GREENOSIS, AUG. g. -=The Nereid,. JOENSTON, arrived' from Demerara in 36 days; sailed in com pany with the ;friadne, BIRDi also for this port, and Thomas, COFLAND, for Liverpool; called at Barba , - does on the 6 th, and sailed-again in company the'' same evening. On the, gth, off Marigalante, wag, boarded by La . Gloire frigate; on the loth, ,in-lat. 20. 13. Jolla sg•-30.- parted with the Thom a s; and, . ) on the in lat. long. 59. parted with .the )friailye. A small fleet of five sail from Surinam, and seven froninetnerara, passed Barbadoes on the 29t1) June", •for Britain, under convoy of A sloop of ' war. The Commerce, WATT, froth hence, arrived at Demerara 29th June. The Fylla frigate, lately arrived at Spitheadi sailed from Jan .- mica on the 3d of May, in companY with the Diamond and convoy ; bot in conse quence of a - tinning short of water was obliged to bear away . for Havanna. In passing the Island of Pines, the Fylla fell in with a French schooner priVateer, which got up into a creak, where_rhet , Fylla: could not folllow her. The boats " Were manned and Sent in ; but the enemy having run their vessel on shore within a reef, concealed themselves to the amount of one hundred men, ` among the rocks, whence they could fire and: pick off the men of the boats' . crews, without be ing seen, though fortunately only one Midship man was wounded. The -Fylla's men resolved to abandon this unequal mode :of warfare, and to ' • try to come at the.enemy on fairer terms. After the- boats returned to the ship, the Second 'Lieu tenant, .followed by all the men, went aft to . , thereaptain, and volueteered to go in the night further4own the coast of the Island, and to land and march up to the enemy in the morning. —The Ciptain 'assented, and at twelve o'clock, that night, the Second Lieutenant, with sixty men, pushed off in the Fylta!s• boats, and .those of an• American schooner which, was in company. They had a pull along the coast above ten 'miles before they could find a landing-place, the ,share was so completely bound with rocks. , At length they found a sandy. bay, ,which they entered. The Ot - Ett cers, after reconnoitering a littfe,..rnade ofit the ene thy's.. position by a smoke, and atter some consult tion,• resolved : to proceed to attack them.. They made four div,sions of seamen, besides one of ma rines, commanded by the Lieutenant 01 marines.— The four divisions of seamen were commanded by the Fylla's second Lieutenant, Gunner, Boatswain, and Masters Mate. The Lieutenant then over hauled the cartridge-boxes. They wire all light i but unfortunately there was no spare powder 3 —the ardour with which the service was undertaken hav ing prevented a due attention to that object at the time of setting out on the expedition.. 'A Midship man was immediately dispatched with six men to tow all the boats back to the ship, at that time levet or twelve thilei distant, and fo bring back supplier .of ammunition :and proviiions. This was done with all possible, expedition, though the darkness of the night rendered it difficult for the Officer in the , boat to make the ship ; but before the return of. the boat, !the party. had become impatient and fearful of losing, in the daylight, which was faste' preaching, .the advantage they would have by coon ing upon the enemy unawares. They therefore puOied • forward, and •succeeded in surprising the enemy, who fled and dispersed in every directiou , abandoning . a • residence they. had erthed, with a view.to• make this place-the centre of their depre dations. Th!PV/a's men burnt the building ; and having been joined : by the boat's' crew with the pro visions,_ took soma- refreshmeth, 'after a- fatiguing march of 2 t miles. They thergot out the schooner, and brought her to their ship to the Havanna, where they "Oct the most friendly and flattering reception/ • (on the double ground of their being Englishrneo ,. !and of having brought in the- privateer, the first I French prize that had entered that, harbour. On the 4th of June, when the Fylla fired the usual salute in • liennur of the. King's birth-day, it was returned from-the SPanish Admiral's ship, and from all the forts ; anti a ball- was given in• the evening to the (Officers of the Fylla:—The Fylla's Crew was on' 'fortunately attacked by the-yellow fever, while she . .lay at the Havanna', and her first Lieutenant, Pur ser, Master, MaAer's 'Mate, a .Midshipman ("?: sane who' had.heen wounded in the attach on 11, privateer), a passenger, and two seamen, were ried ofl by tire violence of the disorder.